Mechanical force feeder for food choppers and grinders



C. C. STEENSGAARD MECHANICAL FORCE FEEDER FOR FO'JD CHOPPERS AND GRINDERS Filed June l5,- 1936 ATTORNEYS lllllllllllll' 45 equipped with a ange 6 adapted to rest on the cylinder to receive food from the second men- 45 Patented Mar. 15, 1938 UNIT-ED STATES PATENT oFFlcE MECHANICAL FORCE FEEDER FOR FOOD CHOPPERS AND GRINDERS Carl C. Steensgaard, De Smet, S. Dak., assignor of one-half to Dakota Theodore Smith, De Smet, S. Dak.

Application June 15, 1936, Serial No. 85,365

1 Claim. (Cl. 14d-182) This invention relates to power driven feeders hopper 9 feeding into the cylinder 5' from one side for food choppers and grinders and has for the thereof. The upper end of the cylinder is closed primary object the provision of a simple and inby a wall IU apertured to form a journal for a expensive device of this character which may shaft I I. The shaft II has secured thereto a 5 be readily adapted to a food grinder or chopper spiral feeder I2 which terminates adjacent the now in use and is driven by the same power emlower end of the cylinder and in close proximity ployed for driving the grinder or chopper and will to the feeder 2.

efficiently feed the food intol the latter and elim- Brackets I3 are formed on the cylinder and inate hand feeding and the danger of injury to provide journals for a shaft I4. The shaft I4 is the operator besides providing a time saving deconnected to the shaft II by gears I5. 10 vice. A fitting I6 is socketed and has the walls of the With these and other objects in View, this insocket shaped to t the faces of the reduced end Vention consists in certain novel features of con- 5 of the shank 4. Set bolts I'I are employed for struction, combination and arrangement of parts detachably securing the fitting I6 to the shank 4.

to be hereinafter more fully described and 'I'he fitting I6 includes a gear I8 which meshes 15 claimed. with a gear I9 secured to the shaft I4. A shank For a complete understanding of my invention, forms an integral part of the fitting to which reference is to be had to the following descripa handle may be adapted. Also a power pulley 2I tion and accompanying drawing, in which is secured to the fitting IB whereby the device 20 Figure l is a side elevation partly in section may be actuated manually or by power from a 20 illustrating a food grinder equipped with a feeder motive source (not shown). constructed in accordance with my invention. From the foregoing description it will be seen Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line that the spiral feeder I2 is rotated at the same 'f2-2 of Figure 1. time as the feeder 2 and the food is placed in the Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line hopper 9 and the feeder I2 carries the food down- 25 3--3 of Figure 1. wardly to the feeder 2 and the latter carries said Referring in detail to the drawing, the numerfood to the usual grinding mechanism. al i indicates a conventional type of food grind- While I have described my invention as adapted er including the usual worm feed 2 and hopper 3. to a food grinder it is to be understood that the The forward end of the worm feed 2 is in the same may be used also in connection with a food 30 form of a shank 4 extending exteriorly of the chopper or similar device. grinder and provided with angularly related faces Having described theA invention, I claim: 5 to be engaged by the usual crank handle orV A feeder for food grinders comprisingacylinder power pulley if the grinder is power driven. A to extend into a hopper of a grinder, a flange grinder of this character requires that the food v formed on the cylinder and resting on the hopper 35 be fed to the spiral feeder by hand endangering to limit the movement of said cylinder into the the operator and also requiring a considerable grinder and for supporting one end of the cylinarnount of manual attention and further requirder in close proximity to a worm feeder of the 'ing considerable amount of time in which to grind grinder, a sectional clamp engaging the flange and 40 a particular amount of food. To eliminate the the hopper, said cylinder having aportion thereof 40 dSadVallagQS 0f Waste Of time and the danger enlarged and disposed laterally to form a hopper, l of injury to the operator my invention may be said cylinder having one end closed by a wall, a readily adapted to the grinder and consists of a shaft rotatably supported by the wall, a spiral cylinder 5 which extends into the hopper 3 and is feeder secured on the shaft and arranged in the edge of the hopper 3. A sectional clamp 1 is emtioned hopper and force the food into the worm ployed for detachably securing the flange 6 to the feeder of the grinder, brackets formed on the hopper and is of channel formation and the seccylinder, and a second shaft rotatably supported tions detachablv Connected by bolts 8. The cylin* by the brackets and geared to the first shaft and der 5 extends a considerable distance above the to the grinder. 50

hopper 3 and has formedintegrally therewith a CARL C. STEENSGAARD. 

